Travels in
Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton
作者：Barrow, John, Sir, 1764-1848
体例：段 章数：43
字数：873,781 来源：Project Gutenberg
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共 43 段- The stability of the Chinese government; the few changes tha
- The malignant spirit of this same Portugueze missionary was
- The squadron having dropped anchor, we landed on one of the
- I am aware it will appear rather singular to those, who may
- Determining now to avail ourselves of the advice given by th
- The deep sounding _gong_, a sort of brazen kettle struck wit
- Although the approach to Pekin afforded little that was inte
- To make amends for our uncomfortable lodging, we sat down to
- Thirty distinct places of residence for the Emperor, with al
- The talents of women, in our own happy island, began only in
- The young people have no occasional assemblies for the purpo
- The number of children thus unnaturally and inhumanly slaugh
- These examples but too clearly illustrate a great defect in
- "The 17th of September, being the Emperor's birth day, we se
- On the 29th, they were again summoned to attend by the road
- Till his last illness he continued to rise at three o'clock
- I must observe, however, for the information of these philol
- The youth of China generally begin to study the language whe
- Whether the burning of the works of the learned in China did
- Had the missionaries been disposed to confer a real service
- The manufacture of silks has been established in China at a
- As to those specimens of beautiful flowers, birds, and insec
- A convex lens is among the usual appendages to the tobacco p
- The late period at which the nations of Europe became first
- _She-fo-pao_, on hearing a rustling noise among the corn, an
- These two great empires, the greatest indeed that exist in t
- Partial insurrections occasionally happen, but they are gene
- When our fellow-traveller _Van-ta-gin_ was asked the reason
- [35] This consideration on the transient nature of languages
- [41] All our enquiries, in passing the city of Hang-tchoo-fo
- The large stones, or the heaps of stones, that have been app
- Consistent with the principle of "taking no thought for the
- The priests of both sects are supposed to be no less attenti
- At _Tien-sing_ our principal conductor _Sun-ta-gin_ had prep
- [55] The _Far et mica salis_ were parts of most of the Roman
- But in China the tenor of their conversation must be always
- We halted on the 6th of December, late in the evening, befor
- Although it is a principle of the Chinese government to admi
- The machine usually employed for clearing rice from the husk
- I am aware that such is not the common opinion which prevail
- At the city of _Tchao-tchoo-foo_, where we arrived on the 13
- The nature of the trade carried on by foreign nations at the
- _Dutch_ Embassadors, humiliating conduct of, 9